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BLINDSPOTS IN TRAFFIC AT ROUNDABOUTS

5th November 2009
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From the driver's seat, the view at two o'clock (taking straight ahead as noon) is directly into the mirrors. At a distance of approximately 20 metres, the blind spot is between six metres and 12 metres. That can hide cyclists, motorbikes, cars, vans and small trucks. However, drivers can and do move in their seats to gain maximum eyeball with the lost space behind the mirror Our acid test used the roundabout outside the test track. The mantis-style mirrors on the coach provided a clear view of the roundabout, but when we switched to the truck we found both the bike and van disappeared from view each time.

As they came around, they slipped behind the mirror long enough for a truck driver to make a potentially fatal error in judgement. Even the 18-tonner, and a tractor unit and trailer that joins the roundabout from the entrance opposite and takes the third exit, so it travels across the face of our vehicle, disappears behind the mirrors as it traverses the roundabout and heads towards the exit.

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